Franchise owners deliver new sub shop

Calls for a new Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches restaurant in northwest Lawrence have been answered.

Matt Brane, owner of the Jimmy John’s franchise in Lawrence, opened his third location Monday. The new place is in a 3,200-square-foot space at 601 Kasold Drive.

The new restaurant now extends delivery services for Jimmy John’s, which had been unable to serve much of west Lawrence. The previous stopping line had been 2600 W. Sixth St. – “essentially, Tuckaway Apartments,” he said – but now it has been pushed west to Wakarusa Drive, and south to Bob Billings Parkway.

“We still do not service all of Lawrence, but we’re definitely closing that gap,” said Brane, who co-owns the Lawrence restaurants with Jeff Johnson.

The restaurant is the 350th for Jimmy John’s, a chain based in Champaign, Ill.

Research

CritiTech transfers lab operations

CritiTech Inc., a Lawrence-based company that provides drug-delivery and development technology for the pharmaceuticals industry, announced Monday that it had transferred its research-and-development operations off the Kansas University campus where it was born.

The operations have moved from KU’s Higuchi Biosciences Center to CritiTech’s own commercial laboratories, at 4950 Research Park Way.

The company recently hired Jahna Howell as director of laboratory operations, allowing for the consolidation and resulting expansion of CritiTech’s in-house drug-development programs, said Sam Campbell, CritiTech’s president and chief executive officer.

CritiTech provides products using its patented nanoparticle production technology, originally developed at KU. The company also uses its proprietary technology to coat implantable medical devices such as cardiac stents, reducing the chances of patients facing restenosis or rejection.

Emporia

130 to lose jobs with plant closure

Three days after merging with Transpro Inc., Emporia-based Modine Manufacturing Co. announced Monday it was closing its aftermarket radiator factory.

Some of the roughly 130 workers at the plant were told when they arrived at work Monday morning that they would be laid off immediately. Others will continue to work until late September when the plant shuts down.

On Friday, Modine’s aftermarket division merged with Transpro, a Connecticut-based competitor, to form Proliance International Inc.